Battle of La Gudiña
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The Battle of La Gudiña, Battle of Val Gudina, or Battle of Campo Maior, was fought on 7 May 1709 near Arronches between the Spanish Bourbon army of Extremadura, under the Marquis de Bay, and the Port
Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, Marquis de Ruvigny, by Christoph Weige
King Philip V of Spain by Miguel Jacinto Meléndez
Henri de Massue, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, was a French Huguenot soldier and diplomat who was influential in the English service in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Success
Battle of La Gudiña
…May 1709 near Arronches between the Spanish Bourbon army of Extremadura, under the Marquis de Bay, and the Portuguese and British, under the Huguenot Earl of Galway and the Marquis of Fronteira. This battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Anglo-Portuguese army, 4,000-5,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or…
Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Earl of Galway, attributed to Michael Dahl
Memorial in St Mary's Church, Micheldever